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The Italian chocolatier Perugina has been making chocolate Easter eggs for so many years that people who got them as kids in Italy are now passing on the tradition and giving them to their grandchildren. And maybe great-grandchildren, too.

There are three reasons for the present tradition: the chocolate, the wrapping and the surprises inside. Crack open one of the hollow 18-inch eggs of dark chocolate, and you’ll find a plastic capsule with four pieces of the company’s celebrated chocolate candies. Each egg and its surprises weigh a little more than 9 ounces total.